INDASOL sets out to enlighten sign industry
One of the directors of Industrial Adhesive Solutions (INDASOL), Martin Sadler, has highlighted significant issues in the LED market such as adhesive failure on the back of LEDs where the tape is not bonded well or failure during use due to heat.
Thursday, 02 Feb 2017 16:03 GMT
Paul Robinson and Martin Sadler, joint directors of INDASOL and Avanti Tapes
INDASOL, which supplies a wide range of technical tapes, adhesives, and application equipment, believes it has come up with products that solve this problem. The company recently released two new Low Surface Energy UHB’s (Ultra High Bond’s)—the 15000-LSE series and the 21000-LED—both of which cope well with difficult surfaces and eliminate any issues that occur with heat. They also are available in a range of widths and thicknesses.
Sadler says: “INDASOL have been supplying the sign industry for more than ten years and understand the importance of selecting the right product for each application as well as the need to constantly move with the ever-evolving materials used in the industry. Working closely with our customers and suppliers has helped us ensure we always have the most innovative range of sign fixing tapes and adhesives available.”
The LSE-UHB tapes offer high strength bonding to trickier materials, such as Polycarbonate and other plastics, as they do not stress the plastic in any way. The tapes provide a structural strength bond, but also an expansion joint to cope with changes in temperature. They also cope with small surface areas, and take away the heat generated by LEDs and eliminate hot spots.
We offer free of charge technical advice either on site or by email/phone, free of charge samples and want to get involved as early as we can in each project no matter how big or small
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Sadler says LEDs are “taking over” when it comes to illuminated signage, with a lot of them coming in from other countries. As they do not always have an adhesive backing and it can be uncertain as to whether it is a genuine product, there are sometimes unfortunate results. Sadler adds: “Sadly, we do see a number of poor quality tapes and adhesives on the market which can present disastrous results.”
Sadler and the INDASOL team are keen to ensure sign-makers only produce and install once, without going back to a job over and over again to fix the same problem. This is time-consuming and costly, and can be avoided with using a suitably strong product in the first place.
“We offer free of charge technical advice either on site or by email/phone, free of charge samples and want to get involved as early as we can in each project no matter how big or small. This level of expert service gives our customers the confidence they need to produce first class signs using first class tapes and adhesives,” explains Sadler.
The issue of structural sign failures in recent years have often been traced back to the incorrect selection of adhesive tape, or its inability to cope with extremes of temperature. INDASOL’s Sadler says its new solutions, which can handle both low-energy surfaces and large temperature ranges both during and post application, will help to overcome these issues.
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